anonymous blogging, trolls, misogyny and ethics

[rm]

http://ethicist.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/is-it-ok-to-blog-about-this-woman-anonymously/

Chat amongst yourselves. I'm off to save the world (er, so not really, but let's pretend, okay?)

Comments

[jendaby.livejournal.com]

With identity theft and stalking being such major issues these days, I believe that taking away the security blanket of anonymity is a dangerous proposition. The first people to be targeted would be people trying to escape from domestically violent situations.

Trolls are scum, and it's horrible that some people so blatantly take advantage of being anonymous in order to take out their aggressions on others, but written aggression is not as life threatening as having hostile people show up at your home or workplace.

[argentla.livejournal.com]

Amen. This is a big part of my point.)